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Zupco's marriage with contracted buses extended
Zupco's contracts with private bus owners, due to end yesterday, have been extended for another month under better conditions as negotiations are still underway.A committee has since been set ...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Driver killed over kombi fare
A 24-year-old artisanal miner allegedly stabbed a kombi driver to death after refusing to pay a kombi fare from city to Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo.Police said the suspect, Liberty Ncube w...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commuters complain over exorbitant fares
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the exorbitant fares charged by transport operators in order to force them to pay in foreign currency.The fares in local currency are ranging ...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Kombis fares now range between $600 and $1 000 for a single trip
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have increased fares in local currency.The new fares range between $600 and $1 000 for a single trip, depending on the time one boards the vehicles and t...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators shut down Bulawayo
Public transporters in Bulawayo have withdrawn kombis from the road in protests against fuel price hikes and what they termed unfair competition from gove...Published: 22 May 2019 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Methusi Ncube
Mugabe trumps Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have said former president Robert Mugabe was a relatively better dictator than incumbent Emerson Mnangagwa because although he plundered the country's resources, Mugabe did not pass the co...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 20:26hrs | 2 | by Methusi Ncube
Zimbabwean families now surviving on one meal per day
MOST families in Zimbabwe are now surviving on one meal per day as prices of basic commodities continue to spiral out of control amid a worsening economic crisis, a Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crisis hits Harare
COMMUTERS were left stranded on Monday night as transport blues hit the capital due to fuel shortages.Commuters had to part with at least $3 to $5 for a one way trip in the wake of fuel shorta...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
UZ students snub Zupco, complain over kombi fare hikes
Kombi fares for University of Zimbabwe students were hiked to $1,50 from $1, causing an uproar amongst students not resident at the institution.However, the university has said the students ha...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 17:12hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa's only commuter train is cheap and reliable
CHUGGING through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable - two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling econ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zimbabwe internet shutdown proves ZANU PF's illiterate support base
This morning I have been experiencing slow social media connectivity, and was suddenly overcome by a disturbing sense of déjà vu, as I remembered those days in January when the Zimbabwe regime shutd...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Majority MDC supporters hope Mnangagwa intervention continues; fares dramatically slashed
An ecstatic Zimbabwean passenger Shylot Sibanda screams with joy as he boards a bus from downtown Harare to the township of Budiriro. The fare has been slashed to a third of what he paid last week....Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | | by AFP
Soldiers bash Bulawayo kombi staff for overcharging
Kombi operators in Bulawayo yesterday reported their staff being bashed by soldiers for charging $2 bus fare.The soldiers were allegedly demanding that the kombis reduce their fares to $1 or p...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zupco forces kombi operators to reduce fares
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have resolved to reduce kombi fares across city routes to $1,50 from $2 with immediate effect. This followed calls by residents for a downward review of the komb...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zupco buses invade Bulawayo routes
THE Government has introduced Zupco buses to ply routes between the Bulawayo Central Business District and the city's residential suburbs as it seeks to provide affordable transport to commuters. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Modi sets up makeshift shops in suburbs
ZANU-PF Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has set up makeshift shops in the western suburbs to service residents following the opposition instigated looting and destruction of shops last week. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Residents call for Zupco return
Residents in Masvingo have called on Government to re-introduce Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) buses in urban centres to cushion commuters from exorbitant fares being charged by commuter o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi fare increase to $10 in Harare
Commuter Omnibus fares are reportedly going to go up to at most $10 per round trip starting from Monday.Commuter Omnibus owners are saying fuel that is readily available is sold at US$ price s...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kombi fares rise to $2
There are reports that fuel prices rose up to between $1.50 and $2 in Bulawayo and Harare on Friday.The Secretary General of Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Raymond Majongwe said after ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:36hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'$2 Kombi fare illegal'
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have advised passengers to report any kombis that charge above the stipulated 75cents to the various associations amid reports that some kombis are charging as m...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators hike fares
COMMUTER omnibus operators in Bulawayo have increased fares by 50 percent and warned of another hike should the ongoing price madness gripping the country continue unabated. The kombi fares sh...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators hike fares
Committee omnibus operators in Bulawayo have hikes fares this evening citing fuel shortages and claiming that they are now buying it from black market at exorbitant prices despite the fact that servic...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 20:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Why Grace Mugabe's school must be converted into a tech hub
Last Tuesday as I was driving along the A11 Mazowe Road, I was surprised to see the developments that had taken place along the way. I had not been on Mazowe Road for 17 years so the National Defence ...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto
Bupta slashes fares for NUST students
THE Bulawayo United Public Transporters' Association (Bupta) has slashed kombi fares from 50 cents to 30 cents for students at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust).In an in...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
West setting dangerous precedent in Kenya, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, as a committed pan Africanist, I am deeply disturbed by the very sad developments taking place in Kenya in the name of democracy. You don't need to ...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 13:09hrs | | by CZ
Passenger stabs kombi driver
A MAN from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for stabbing a commuter omnibus driver with a pocket knife .Phathisani Mafu, 22, stabbed Zibusiso Nhatarikw...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Melody Baya
Bupta slashes kombi fares for NUST graduation ceremony
Bulawayo Public Transporters' Association (Bupta) is slashing its fares by 10 cents on Friday to cater for NUST graduation ceremony.In a notice seen by Bulawayo24.com, Bupta said it would be c...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Kombis reject rands
Gweru commuter omnibus operators are now rejecting the South African rand arguing they were incurring losses due to the currency's instability.Since last week commuters were advised that the r...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Weakening rand triggers price adjustments in Zimbabwe
THE weakening of the South African rand against the dollar has triggered a wave of commodity and service cost adjustments in Zimbabwe as businesses seek to avert losses from exchange rate disparities....Published: 12 Sep 2015 at 09:06hrs | | by Brighton Gumbo
Kombi operators can not just hike fares 'willy-nilly' - Mpofu
COMMUTER omnibuses in Bulawayo will tomorrow increase their fares from R5 to R6, with operators citing the decline in South Africa's currency compared to the United States dollar.This comes a...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 03:07hrs | 1 | by Dumani Moyo
Man dies while fleeing from paying R5 kombi fare
A Bulawayo man died on the spot when he was struck by a car while fleeing from paying a R5 commuter omnibus fare.In what appeared to be instant divine ful...Published: 14 Sep 2014 at 21:26hrs | 4 | by Mafu Sithabile
Kombi fares go up due to police roadblocks
COMMUTER omnibus operators have unilaterally increased fares citing a surge in fuel prices and police roadblocks.Conventional buses plying the same routes have however, maintained the old far...Published: 12 May 2012 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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